Fatal Fire at Hawera
f A MAN BURNT TO DEATH. j r (PKB UNITED PBEBS ASSOCIATION.) , Haweba, This Day. t A large fire occurred at Cook's Hotel at the corner of High and Princes * Street, last night, the place being com--3 plelely gutted. The fire occurred at a j tire place in one of the sitting-rooms, and f quickly spread, having a firm hold be- . fore the Fire Brigade set to work. They managed, however, to get the flames » under before the whole building had been destroyed, and prevented it spreading to an adjoining block. Some of thefurni- * ture and stock was saved, but the place I is quite a wreck. Insurances LIOOO. I A man named Thomas Kilroy, who was , sleeping in one of the rooms, was suffocated, and his body found after the fir , slightly charred. He appeared to have been dazed by the smoke, as he was * fouud on his hands and knees on the . floor. He could easily have escaped, otherwise.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 11, 5 July 1884, Page 2
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